Thread: Resting a razor?

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Yeah I heard of this, there's also another method that works just as well you can also spin around 360 degrees kiss your wife eat a cornish pastie and somehow the edge as been miraculously fixed. I think the message they are trying to convey is buy more than one razor.

Right Jamie. I think when they were including this method in their instructions, it was a type of marketing strategy.
When I first read this, I thought, "what now, people are tucking their razors in at night & reading them a bedtime story"?

"They then let it rest 6 to eight weeks, strop 4 or five strokes, and are then able to shave again."
I like this theory, 50 or so razors is all you need...

I must say though, my hat goes off to Whizbang for asking this question. He is kinda new here & he apparently has been reading, doing research & asking questions which is what we tell new members to do.

Originally Posted by engine46

When I first read this, I thought, "what now, people are tucking their razors in at night & reading them a bedtime story"?

Originally Posted by engine46

I must say though, my hat goes off to Whizbang for asking this question. He is kinda new here & he apparently has been reading, doing research & asking questions which is what we tell new members to do.

Okay...so I will stop reading my razor a bedtime story (I thought everyone did that). And I agree with most that it is probably an outdated view of how metal works...perhaps dating back to the times of alchemy...or maybe it was the beginnings of marketing strategy...or maybe as one suggested an excuse to buy more than one razor. I figure this last one is worth a try...so I am giving my razor a rest today (using a Schick Type G) and I told my wife, "I need to let the metal rest for a day. Gosh..that means I should pick up another straight razor!" Thanks guys for the advice...you are a wealth of knowledge (and strategy).